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Here is what our tax experts are sharing with you in this month's magazine:

  • The Escape Route for Unexpected Tax Demands

    ESC A19 provides an escape route for many taxpayers who are suddenly confronted with unexpected tax demands. It was much used during the dreadful PAYE backlog in 2010, when very many taxpayers, most of them pensioners, found themselves confronted with demands for large sums of tax unpaid because HMRC had failed to keep up to date with their tax affairs...
  • Planning for University Scholarships and Student Loans

    Employers can currently make payments of up to £15,480 per academic year to employees for periods of attendance at a full-time education course at university or college (including sandwich courses). Providing certain conditions are fulfilled the payments will be treated as tax exempt in the hands of the employee (as falling within the scholarship income exemption of ITTOIA 2005, s 776). Qualifying payments will also be exempt for Class 1 National Insurance contributions purposes...
  • Late VAT Registration - Taxpayers Win in Penalty Cases

    HMRC has been taking an aggressive stance with belated notification penalty (BNP) VAT late registration penalties recently, but has suffered two important setbacks.   There are currently two penalty systems in force for late registrations. From 1 April 2010, a new penalty for late registration was introduced with four categories, namely...
  • More Obstacles for IHT Planning!

    Until this year’s Finance Bill, one possible method of reducing potential inheritance tax (IHT) liabilities was to borrow against assets which are liable to IHT in order to invest the money in assets which qualify for IHT relief.  For example, one could borrow against a main residence and invest the proceeds in a portfolio of trading companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market.  These investments qualify for 100% business property relief after they have been held for 2 years...
  • How To Account For Loss Reliefs - Companies

    HMRC has extensive rules on claiming loss reliefs and tax avoidance. The company may suffer a trading loss, a loss on the disposal of an asset, a loss on the sale of shares, losses on property income and terminal losses amongst others.  Some loss reliefs are restricted; others are fully allowable... 
  • Fancy a Holiday - On Your Business?

    Business trips don’t always take you to places that you would ordinarily want to stay for a second longer than necessary; but if your business takes you to a place you’ve always wanted to visit and you have the time to spare, why not take advantage of that opportunity? And if you do, just what is tax deductible?
  • ‘Locking in’ a Tax Deduction - Key Person Insurances

    The profitability or income-earning potential of a small business may depend on one person. Consequently, if that person suffers a serious illness or has an accident the profitability of the business may be seriously compromised...
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Here are just a few of the typical strategies that you can expect to find covered in the various issues of the magazine. It will show you how to:

  • SLASH your capital gains tax bill
  • PUT MORE MONEY in your loved ones’ pockets by following simple Inheritance Tax Planning Tips
  • RETAIN your profits by triggering various tax saving reliefs
  • WIPE-OUT large tax liabilities
  • IMPLEMENT simple tax saving strategies yourself
  • REDUCE the tax liabilities of your business and thus boost your profits
  • AVOID paying too much in taxation and accountancy fees
  • PLAN your own tax strategy which will save you £thousands
  • RE-INVEST your income to save on taxes
  • AVOID the trauma of a tax investigation and a hefty tax bill & fine
  • DECIDE yourself if a tax saving strategy will work for you
  • TAKE ADVANTAGE of overseas tax friendly loopholes
  • INVEST in locations that will not take all your profits in tax
  • PLAN for retirement in a tax efficient manner
  • SLASH VAT bills
  • BENEFIT from tax saving reliefs for children
  • AVOID BURDENING your loved ones with unnecessary taxes

That’s not all!
Tax insider will also:

  • Notify you of any tax law that will improve or worsen your tax position!
  • Provoke your mind to start thinking of how to continue to bring your tax liabilities down
  • Reveal tax planning secrets which, until today, were only accessible to the wealthy because only the highly paid advisors in the country knew about them!
  • Reveal strategies that are not permissible to use to avoid paying taxes
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National Minimum Wage

A recent case (involving the famous Annabel’s) has made it clear that tips do not count towards the National Minimum Wage in the case of tips retained by staff, or where a Tronc system operates, but the judgement in the Court of Appeal also included the unwelcome news that a Tronc is a form of “discretionary trust”. Unless something is done to overturn this, it means that the whole Tronc system has been taxed incorrectly for years, because the trustees of a discretionary trust are required to account for tax at the “rate applicable to trusts” which is currently 40% and due to increase to 50% in April 2010.

 

So far, there has been a deafening silence from HMRC on this aspect. I am very glad I am not a Troncmaster, and I pity those who are, given the current uncertainty as to their tax obligations!

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